JP2002046958A - Transfer machine for ramp for sickly person - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer machine for a ramp for a sickly person, capable of transferring the sickly person with a sense of security regardless of irregular road surface of the ramp such as a slope, a staircase and the like. SOLUTION: An inclined rail 2 is constructed among the upper parts of plural struts 3 erected at suitable spaces along the ramp a such as a slope, a staircase and the like. A sickly person transfer box 4 for transferring the sickly person riding thereon is suspended on a box suspending frame 5 through an elevating cylinder 6 to freely elevate, and the box suspending frame 5 is engaged with the inclined rail 2 and suspended to be freely transferred. A driving wire 15 is stretched in a tensed stat in the direction of full length of the inclined rail 2. A wire driving sheave 12 engaged with the tensed driving wire 15 to move the sickly person transfer box 4 through the box suspending frame 5 by friction between them is provided on the box suspending frame 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ramp for the disabled, such as an elderly person or a sick person, who cannot walk easily on their own feet, especially when moving on a slope such as a hill or stairs. It relates to a transfer machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a disabled person, such as an elderly person or a sick person, who cannot walk easily with his or her own feet, particularly when traveling on an incline such as a hill or a stair, is used, for example, a vehicle for climbing a stair. Etc. are being developed.

[0003]

However, on slopes such as hills and stairs on which stairs and other vehicles travel, uneven slope angles, lengths and steps of stairs, etc. are not constant. The road surface is changing irregularly. Similarly, the slopes and the like also change irregularly in the width direction. When traveling on such a slope or the like with a vehicle for ascending or descending a stair or the like, there is a case where the grounding between the vehicle and the slope or the like is insufficient and the traveling becomes unstable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has been made in order to solve the problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a road surface such as a slope such as a slope or a stairway having an irregular surface. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a transporter such as a ramp for the disabled, which can transport the disabled without any concern regardless of the change.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a method in which a plurality of columns are provided at an appropriate interval along a slope such as a hill or a stair. A rail is erected, and a disabled person transfer box that carries the disabled is transported and suspended on a box hanging frame via a lifting cylinder, and the box hanging frame is engaged with the above-mentioned inclined rail and suspended and transported. The drive wire is tensioned in the full length direction of the inclined rail and engaged with the tensioned drive wire, and the friction moves the disabled person transport box along the inclined rail via the box suspension frame. And a means for providing a wire drive sheave to the box suspension frame.

Here, a fall prevention device is provided to prevent the invalid transport box from moving and dropping to the lower end of the inclined rail when the drive wire is cut, and the fall prevention device rotates when the drive wire is cut. A locking claw, the tip of which abuts against the inclined rail to perform a braking function, and a locking claw actuating pulley which is pressed by a tensioned driving wire during non-cutting to prevent the tip of the locking claw from contacting the inclined rail. Consists of

[0007] Further, a swing prevention device for preventing a swing during the transfer of the invalid transport box is provided, and the swing prevention device is rotatably supported on a tip end of an overhanging plate protruding from the box hanging frame so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. And a guide rail provided parallel to the inclined rail to guide the guide roller.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically based on embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is an overall side view, FIG. 2 is an overall plan view, FIG. 3 is a side view of a box for transferring a disabled person and a box hanging frame,
FIG. 4 is a front view of a box for transferring a disabled person and a box hanging frame, and FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of an upper side of a box hanging frame engaged and hung on an inclined rail.

[0009] In the figure, a handicapped person, such as an elderly person or a sick person, who cannot walk easily with his or her own feet, moves on a slope such as a hill or a staircase. An inclined rail 2 erected above an inclined road a, a plurality of columns 3 for supporting the inclined rail 2 above the inclined road a, an invalid transport box 4 for carrying an invalid, and an invalid transport box 4 Is suspended by a lifting cylinder 6 so as to be movable up and down, and the box hanging frame 5 which is engaged and suspended on the inclined rail 2 is engaged and suspended on the inclined rail so as to be movable. And a wire drive sheave 12, a fall prevention device 16, a shake prevention device 17, and the like, which engage with a drive wire 15 stretched under tension and move the box suspension frame 5 along the inclined rail 2 by the friction. ing

[0010] The inclined rail 2 is installed above a slope a or the like such as a hill or a stair where a disabled person cannot easily walk with his own feet. The inclined rail 2 is suspended and installed between upper portions of a plurality of columns 3 erected at appropriate intervals along an inclined path a.

The inclined rail 2 has, for example, an I-shaped cross section. The inclined rail 2 is provided above a slope a or the like with a constant gradient when viewed from the side.
The inclined rail 2 is bent and installed according to an inclined path a when viewed from a plane.

A plurality of pillars 3 for supporting the inclined rails 2 above the slopes a and the like are provided with overhanging girders 3a projecting horizontally to one side at upper ends thereof.
The inclined rail 2 is suspended via a suspending tool 3b at the lower part on the distal end side of a.

[0013] The transport box 4 for the disabled is carried by the disabled and suspended on the inclined rails 2 and is transported in a box shape. The interior of the box is, for example, a wheelchair and a caregiver on which the disabled is riding. There is space to put on. In addition, a chair or the like on which a caregiver sits is provided inside the invalid transport box 4.

At the entrance of the transport box 4 for the disabled, an inclined board 4a on which a wheelchair can get on and off is mounted.
One end of the inclined board 4a is pivotally mounted at the lower end of the entrance of the transport box 4 for the disabled by a hinge 4b so as to be vertically rotatable.

A box hanging frame 5 is provided directly above the transport box 4 for the disabled. The transport box 4 for the sick and the box suspension frame 5 have a separate and independent structure. The invalid transport box 4 is suspended by a box suspension frame 5 via a lifting cylinder 6 so as to be able to move up and down.

The lifting / lowering cylinders 6 are attached downward at four locations on the left, right, front and rear of the box suspension frame 5.
The distal end of a piston rod that extends and contracts below the elevating cylinder 6 is connected to the outside of four corners at the left, right, front, and rear of the invalid patient transfer box 4.

Lifting cylinders 6 mounted at four locations
Moves the disabled person transport box 4 up and down by expanding and contracting when the disabled person is put on and off the disabled person transport box 4, contracts when the disabled person transport box 4 is transferred, and moves the disabled person transport box 4 upward. To prevent the lower part of the transport box 4 for the invalid during transport from hitting the road surface of the slope a or the like.

At the center of the box suspension frame 5, hanging rollers 7 are attached to the left and right sides of the inclined rail 2 on the inclined front side and the inclined rear side, respectively. Each of the hanging rollers 7 is rotatably supported inside each of the front, rear, left and right roller mounting members 7a mounted on the upper surface of the box hanging frame 5 upward.

Each suspension roller 7 is engaged with and suspended by the inclined rail 2 by rolling on a rail surface 2a projecting left and right below the I-shaped cross section of the inclined rail 2, so that the box suspension frame 5 and the lifting The structure is such that the disabled person transfer box 4 is transferred along the inclined rail 2 via the cylinder 6.

The front upper wire guide sheave 8 and the lower front side which are different in height from the front to the front of the hanging roller 7 on the inclined front side in the center of the box hanging frame 5 are vertically different from each other. Each of the wire guide sheaves 9 is attached. The front upper wire guide sheave 8 and the front lower wire guide sheave 9 are attached to one side of the inclined rail 2.

Further, rear lower wire guide sheaves 10 and 11 are attached to the rear side of the hanging roller 7 at the center of the box hanging frame 5 at the rear of the box at an interval in the front and rear direction. I have. The rear lower wire guide sheaves 10 and 11 are attached to one side of the inclined rail 2 on the same side as the wire guide sheaves 8 and 9.

Further, a wire drive sheave 12 is mounted on the upper side between the rear lower wire guide sheaves 10 and 11. The wire drive sheave 12 is mounted on one side of the inclined rail 2 on the same side as the wire guide sheaves 8, 9, 10, and 11.

The wire drive sheave 12 is linked to a drive gear motor 14 via a chain coupling 13. The drive gear motor 14 drives the wire drive sheave 12 to rotate, and the wire drive sheave 1
The wire drive sheave 12 rolls due to friction with the drive wire 15 stretched and installed more than half a circle in 2 to transfer the invalid transfer box 4.

These wire guide sheaves 8, 9, 1
0, 11, the wire drive sheave 12, the chain coupling 13, and the drive gear motor 14 are respectively mounted on the upper part of the box suspension frame 5, and also mounted on one side of the inclined rail 2 on the same side.

The driving wire 15 is a wire driving sheave 1
2 serves to convert the rotational motion of the wire drive sheave 12 into a linear driving force by friction with the
It is stretched so as to be in a tension state over the entire length of the lower inclined rail 2 on one side of the inclined rail 2.

The driving wire 15 is stretched along the wire guide 15a attached to one of the projecting ends at the lower part of the I-shaped cross section of the inclined rail 2 so as to be in tension over the entire length of the inclined rail 2. ing.

The driving wire 15, which is stretched so as to be in a tension state over the entire length of the inclined rail 2, has an intermediate portion thereof in the box suspension frame 5 of the transport box 4 for the disabled.
Are engaged with the wire guide sheaves 8, 9, 10, 11 and the wire drive sheave 12.

That is, the driving wire 15 parallel to the inclined rail 2 has its middle part turned upside down on the lower surface side of the front lower wire guide sheave 9 to extend upward, and the front upper wire above it. On the upper surface side of the guide sheave 8, it turns obliquely upward and extends linearly, and on the lower surface side of the rear lower wire guide sheave 10, turns upward and extends upward,
The wire driving sheave 12 above the wire driving sheave 12 is inverted downward and extends downward on the upper semicircle side, and is turned in parallel to the inclined rail 2 on the lower surface side of the rear lower wire guide sheave 11 therebelow. Extends to the upper end of the slope.

The fall prevention device 16 is a device for preventing the invalid transport box 4 from moving down to the lower end of the inclined rail 2 when the drive wire 15 is cut. The fall prevention device 16 is provided at an intermediate portion between the front upper wire guide sheave 8 and the rear lower wire guide sheave 10.

The fall prevention device 16 includes a locking claw 16a and a locking claw operating pulley 16b, and the locking claw 16a and the locking claw operating pulley 16b are supported by the same rotating shaft 16c. The locking claw 16a and the locking claw operating pulley 16b are integrally mounted at different angles with respect to the rotation shaft 16c.

When the tip of the locking claw 16a comes into contact with the lower rail surface 2a of the inclined rail 2, the contacting friction acts as a brake, and the transporting box 4 for the sick is moved. It functions to prevent it from moving and falling to the lower end. Further, the locking claw operating pulley 16b is pushed up by the driving wire 15 in a normal state in a normal state, and functions to prevent the locking claw 16a from contacting the inclined rail 2.

When the drive wire 15 is stretched between the front upper wire guide sheave 8 and the rear lower wire guide sheave 10 in a tension state, the fall prevention device 16 is engaged by the drive wire 15. Stopper operating pulley 16
b is pushed up, and the locking claw 16a is not in contact with the lower rail surface 2a of the inclined rail 2 when the locking claw operating pulley 16b is pushed up.

On the other hand, when the driving wire 15 is cut and the force for pushing up the locking claw operating pulley 16b is lost, the drop preventing device 16 moves the locking claw operating pulley 16b and the locking claw 16a to the rotating shaft 16c. , And its tip abuts against the lower rail surface 2 a of the inclined rail 2, and the friction prevents the invalid transport box 4 from moving and falling to the lower end of the inclined rail 2. It has a structure to do.

The sway prevention device 17 is a device for preventing the sick person transport box 4 being transported along the inclined rail 2 from swaying. The anti-sway device 17 is provided on the box suspension frame 5 and the support 3 side.

The swing preventing device 17 includes a guide roller 17b rotatably mounted on a top surface of a projecting plate 17a projecting horizontally from the end of the box suspension frame 5 toward the column 3 so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. A guide rail 17c is provided on the side surface of each column 3 in parallel with the inclined rail 2.

The guide rail 17c is disposed with the groove-shaped cross section facing downward, that is, with the opening of the groove facing downward, and the guide roller 17b around the vertical axis is inserted into the opening of the downward groove from below. The guide roller 17b abuts on the left and right sides of the groove-shaped cross section of the guide rail 17c, thereby preventing the guide roller 17b from moving in the lateral direction and preventing the box hanging frame 5 from swinging. Vulnerable person transport box 4 suspended by box suspension frame 5 through shaking prevention
To prevent the shaking.

A power supply duct 18 is disposed on the side surface of each of the columns 3 in parallel with the inclined rails 2, and in the power supply duct 18, the lifting cylinder 6 and the driving gear motor 1 are provided.
4. A power supply cable (not shown) for supplying power to a control device (not shown) and the like is provided.

Next, the operation of the transfer machine such as a ramp for the disabled based on the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For example, when transferring a disabled person in a wheelchair and its helper from a slope a at the lower end side of the slope rail 2 to a slope a at the upper end side of the slope rail 2 as follows. Done.

After operating the operation panel (not shown) to transfer the vulnerable person transport box 4 to the lower end of the inclined rail 2, the vulnerable person transport box 4 located above the inclined rail 2 is moved on the inclined board 4a. Lower. Vulnerable person transport box 4
Is performed by extending four lifting cylinders 6 suspended by the box suspension frame 5 downward.

After the vulnerable person transport box 4 is lowered on a slope a or the like, the inclined board 4a at the entrance is rotated downward with the hinge 4b as a fulcrum and opened. The caregiver pushes the wheelchair on which the sick person rides, rides on the opened inclined board 4a and moves it into the sick person transport box 4. After the disabled and assisted persons in the wheelchair get into the disabled transport box 4, the inclined board 4a is pushed up to close the entrance.

After closing the entrance of the transport box 4 for the disabled, the operation panel (not shown) is operated to lift the transport box 4 for the disabled. The lifting of the transport box 4 for the disabled is
This is performed by contracting the four lifting cylinders 6 suspended on the box suspension frame 5 upward.

When the vulnerable person transport box 4 is raised, the drive gear motor 14 operates to rotate the wire drive sheave 12 interlockingly connected via the chain coupling 13. When the wire drive sheave 12 is rotated by the drive gear motor 14, the thrust is directed obliquely upward due to friction with the drive wire 15 wound around the rotating wire drive sheave 12 in an upper semicircular tension state. In operation, the rotating wire drive sheave 12 rolls obliquely upward along the drive wire 15.

When the wire drive sheave 12 rolls, the box suspension frame 5 on which the wire drive sheave 12 is supported
The box suspension frame 5 is suspended, and the suspension roller 7 on which the box suspension frame 5 is suspended rolls obliquely upward on the rail surface 2a of the inclined rail 2, and the box suspension frame 5 is integrated with the rolling wire drive sheave 12. And move.

When the box suspension frame 5 moves obliquely upward along the inclined rail 2, the disabled person transfer box 4 suspended on the box suspension frame 5 via the four lifting / lowering cylinders 6 also becomes a box. It moves diagonally upward integrally with the hanging frame 5.

During the movement of the vulnerable person transport box 4, the anti-vibration device 17 prevents the vulnerable person transport box 4 from shaking. That is, a guide roller 17b rotatably supported on the top surface of a projecting plate 17a projecting from the moving box hanging frame 5 so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis is provided in a groove-shaped cross-section guide disposed in parallel with the inclined rail 2. Rail 17c
The sick transfer box 4 is prevented from swaying while being moved because it is guided and moved inside.

Further, since the transport box 4 for the handicapped during transportation toward the upper end of the inclined rail 2 is moved upward, the lower portion of the transport box 4 for the disabled hits the road surface of the slope a or the like. Therefore, it is possible to transport the disabled person transport box 4 safely.

Further, even if the driving wire 15 is cut during the transfer of the invalid transport box 4, the fall prevention device 16 is activated to stop the invalid transport box 4 at that location. The transport box 4 for the sick is prevented from falling and moving toward the lower end of the inclined rail 2 to collide.

During a normal operation, the fall prevention device 16 is driven by the locking claw actuating pulley 1 by the tensioned driving wire 15.
6b is pushed up, whereby the locking claw 16a is also pushed up and is not in contact with the inclined rail 2, but when the driving wire 15 is cut, the locking claw operating pulley 16
b), the force of pushing up the lock claw actuating pulley 16
b and the locking claw 16a rotate downward about the rotation shaft 16c so that the tip of the locking claw 16a abuts on the lower part of the inclined rail 2, and the tip of the locking claw 16a and the inclined rail 2 The function of stopping the movement of the invalid transport box 4 is achieved by the brake function due to friction with the vehicle.

When the invalid transport box 4 is transported and reaches the inclined upper end of the inclined rail 2, the driving gear motor 14 is stopped, and the rotation of the wire drive sheave 12 is stopped. When the wire drive sheave 12 stops, the box suspension frame 5 also stops, and the invalid transport box 4 stops.

When the driving gear motor 14 is stopped, the four lifting cylinders 6 are operated to extend downward and lower the disabled person transport box 4 on the upper end side inclined road a or the like. At this time, there is a gap between the lower part of the transport box 4 for the disabled and the road surface of the slope a, etc., and the lower part of the transport box 4 for the disabled does not collide with the road surface of the slope a at the time of descent. .

Then, after the disabled person transport box 4 is lowered, the inclined board 4a at the entrance is pushed downward and opened, and the caregiver pushes the wheelchair on which the disabled person rides and descends on the inclined board 4a to reach the upper end side. On the slope a etc.

In this way, the disabled and assisted persons in the wheelchair can be safely transferred from the lower end of the slope a to the upper end. The transfer of the disabled and the caregiver in a wheelchair is performed from the upper end side of the reverse slope a, etc.
The same can be done up to the lower end of the ramp, and further, from the middle of the ramp or the like to the upper or lower end of the ramp or the like a. The same can be done up to the middle of the road a.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment of the present invention, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0054]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the transfer device for the sick, etc. according to the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer device is erected at appropriate intervals along a slope such as a hill or a stair. An inclined rail is erected between the upper parts of the plurality of columns, and a disabled person transfer box for carrying the invalid is transported and suspended on a box suspension frame via a lifting cylinder, and the box suspension frame is mounted on the inclined rail. Engage and suspend to enable free transfer, drive wires are stretched in tension along the entire length of the inclined rail, and engage with the tensioned drive wires to transfer the disabled through the box suspension frame due to the friction. By providing a wire drive sheave for moving the box along the inclined rail in the box suspension frame, the transport box for the disabled can be lifted and moved by the cylinder for lifting and lowering. Without the bottom of the transport box hits the road surface of the ramp or the like, such as slope and stairs, therefore,
Even if the surface of a road such as a slope such as a hill or a stair is irregularly changed, the disabled can be transported irrespective of this.

Further, a fall prevention device is provided for preventing the disabled person transport box from moving and dropping to the lower end of the inclined rail when the drive wire is cut, and the fall prevention device is provided with a drive wire. The locking claw that rotates at the time of cutting and its tip abuts on the inclined rail to perform the braking function, and the non-cutting claw is pressed by the tensioned driving wire and the tip of the locking claw contacts the inclined rail. When the driving wire is cut, the transporting box for the disabled can be stopped at that position by the action of the locking claw when the driving wire is cut, and the transporting box for the disabled is tilted on the inclined rail. It is possible to prevent a collision by dropping to the lower end side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an anti-sway device for preventing the sick person's transfer box from shaking during transfer. When the guide roller is rotatably supported on the guide rail and the guide rail is provided in parallel with the inclined rail and guides the guide roller, the disabled person is transported during movement by the cooperation of the guide roller and the guide rail. The box can be prevented from shaking.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a box for transferring a disabled person and a box suspension frame according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a box for transferring a disabled person and a box suspension frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of an upper side of a box suspension frame that is engaged and suspended on an inclined rail according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 Transfer machine for disabled people, etc. 2 Inclined rail 2a Rail surface 3 Support 3a Overhanging girder 3b Hanging tool 4 Disabled person transfer box 4a Inclined lower board 4b Hinge 5 Box hanging frame 6 Lifting cylinder 7 Lifting roller 7a Roller Attachment 8 Front upper wire guide sheave 9 Front lower wire guide sheave 10 Rear lower wire guide sheave 11 Rear lower wire guide sheave 12 Wire drive sheave 13 Chain coupling 14 Drive gear motor 15 Drive wire 15a Wire guide 16 Fall prevention device 16a Locking claw 16b Locking claw operating pulley 16c Rotating shaft 17 Shake prevention device 17a Projection plate 17b Guide roller 17c Guide rail 18 Power supply duct a Inclined road, etc.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An inclined rail is erected between upper portions of a plurality of pillars erected at appropriate intervals along a slope such as a slope or a stair, and a box for transporting a disabled person carrying a disabled person to a box suspension frame. The box suspension frame is engaged with the above-mentioned inclined rail so that it can be transported freely, and the drive wire is tensioned in the full length direction of the inclined rail. A wire drive sheave provided on the box suspension frame for engaging the drive wire in the state and moving the disabled person transport box along the inclined rail via the box suspension frame by its friction. Road and other transfer machines. 2. A fall prevention device is provided to prevent the invalid transfer box from moving and dropping to the lower end of the inclined rail when the drive wire is cut, and the fall prevention device is rotated when the drive wire is cut. A locking claw whose tip abuts against the inclined rail to perform a braking function, and a locking claw operating pulley that is pressed by a tensioned driving wire during non-cutting to prevent the tip of the locking claw from contacting the inclined rail. The transfer device for a sick person or the like according to claim 1, comprising: 3. A sway prevention device for preventing swaying during the transfer of the invalid transport box is provided, and the sway prevention device is rotatably supported around a vertical axis by a tip of an overhang plate protruding from the box suspension frame. 2. The transfer device for a sick person or the like according to claim 1, comprising a guide roller and a guide rail provided in parallel with the inclined rail to guide the guide roller.